STONE, Bartou Warren, reformer, born near Port Tobacco, Maryland, 24 December, 1772; died in Hannibal, Missouri, 9 November, 1844. He was graduated at the academy in Guilford, North Carolina, in 1793, studied theology, and, after teaching in Washington, Georgia, was licensed in North Carolina in 1796. Two years later he was ordained pastor of the churches of Caneridge and Concord, Kentucky During the revival of 1801 in Kentucky and Tennessee, Stone, with four other ministers, renounced the dogmas of Calvinism. One of the number was tried by the synod of Lexington, Kentucky, in 1803, for preaching anti-Calvinistic doctrines, whereupon they all withdrew in September from that body, formed themselves into the Springfield presbytery, and continued to preach and to form churches, the first being one at Caneridge of Mr. Stone's old followers. In June, 1804, the presbytery was dissolved, and they took the name of the Christian church. Having no pastoral charge, Stone supported himself for several years by farming and teaching while he continued to found churches in Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee. In 1826 he edited the "Christian Messenger," and six years later, with Reverend John T. Johnson, a Baptist, he at Georgetown united the "Stoneite " and " Campbellite " churches in Kentucky. He removed to Jacksonville. Illinois, in 1834, included Missouri in his circuit, and also continued his editorial labor until his death. His last preaching-tour was in 1843, and a year later, while on his way home from a visit to Missouri, he died. Mr. Stone wielded a great influence through his scholarship, piety, and attractive manner. He wrote part ii. of the "Apology of the Springfield Presbytery" (1803), which has been called the first declaration of religious freedom in the western hemisphere, and the hymn "The Lord is the Fountain of Goodness and Love." Among his other writings are " Letters on the Atonement " (1805); "Address to the Christian Churches" (1805)" and "Letters to Dr. James Blythe " (1822).